THE OMAHA DAILY .BEE : 1TRTDAT. JNTOTEatBER 10 , 1897.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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Ktx Months . , . 4 (
'J'.reo MjiitlN . . . . . . 2 oj
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UPKICKSl
Oninlm : The lite UulMlng.
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Council Illurr : id I'cnrl Street.
Chicago Otllce : 3 | ( ChnnilAr nf Commerce.
New York : lloonu 1J. II ami IS Trlbunn IJIdg.
\\nMilnclon ! Ml 1/ourUomh StretU
All ' ommunk'nUun rclntltiK to IIPWI mvl rillto-
rml rrmltcr should be mlilrcBseil : To the Udltcr.
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All liuslncx Icttcri ! unJ rcmlUnticcs nhoiild b
adilrcurJ to Tlio Dec l'uljll. hlni ! Company.
Omaha. Din flu , clicckn , cxi > rc i and iiaitoinca
money nnlem to bo mnde payable to the order of
tincumptny. .
TIU2 tlRC I'UIIMSIUNO COMPANY.
HTATK.MINT ov CIIICULATION.
Blatc of Nrfaruskn. Dousluii County , B . :
Cleorte 11. Tziihuck , ntcriilriry ot The Ilcc Tub-
llihliw Coinuntiy , bulng ilulv sworn , eayn thnt tha
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Sworn tn brfnro me renil ciilucrlhcil In my pres
ence this lat day of November 1117
( Sonl ) N. p. mil , Notnry Public.
TIII : mn ox TRAINS.
All rullriinil iinmlinyn nrn
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INSIST OX IIAVIVC : TIIR III2E.
TJia NIcnrnKimn Rovornint'iit ! nlso
goliif ; nut of tlio rnllroml Iiuslnosi with
n few lines for sal on thi > bargain
counter.
Prosperity Is a foundation upon which
tile businessrttnii'turc can l > e ureetod
without diuiKor of unoviMi sottluniunt or
cracking.
If there .should lie a European war.
count on Noliraska to furnish Us full
quota of supplies for tlio nourishment of
man and boast.
If Bryan Insists on traveling so much
Hi * free pass supply may not be suineleut
to RO around to all the stockholders of
the Hryanlte organ.
with a new head , tall and
flns. tlio Nebraska State Fish commis
sion may be counted on.to . make the bwt
fish display at ( the exposition ever ex
hibited by the. Mate authorities. '
Whoii you want to .run for ofllce with
out. , putting up for campaign expenses ,
jusL apply to the chief of police for a
detail of patrolmen to report to you and
take orders for your political work.
The Hartley bond suit will como up
shortly for a nmv hearing and Governor
Iloleoinb will hiivo another opportunity
to try his luck at explaining away on the
witness stand .something that cannot bt
explained.
Enterprising merchants can no more
do without newspaper advertising than
they can do without delivery wagons.
Advertising brings purchasers for the
goods , while delivery wagons bring the
goods to the purchasers.
AVlth a gold reserve of more- than
5ir.t,0X,000 ! ( ) the olllcers In charge of tin-
Unit ud States treasury niv not laying
nwake nights wondering how much It
will cost the government the next time
*
n load of gold Js jnrchas ) d ,
Kx-Sonator PelTer may have sold his
paper , but he has not given up his right
to make himself heard through other
people's papers. The public inay rest as-
.sural that It will bo regaled periodically
, Wlth Peffer's views as heretofore.
A South Dakota court upheld the
legality of a new peddler license law In
that state and a few weeks la tor an
Iowa court declared unconstitutional a
similar Iowa statute. In the meantime
tlio peddlers continue to
Ex-Secretary Whitney exproKsoi th
opinion that If the democracy Is true to
Itself It may live In hopes of M)0 ) , It Is
to bo observed that Mr. Whitney makes
n condition on which lit can lu'dge. no
matter what happens In the next three
years.
Up to last accounts , Itrynn and his
{ popncTiitlo echoes were still Insisting
that the improvement In business and
advance of prosperity nro not mil , but
simply deceptive makeshifts. Iliu they
can't make the level-headed worKlng-nan
believe It.
It Is too bud that Attorney General
Smyth cannot shift the blnuio for his
latest delay In the. Hartley embezzle
ment en so upon the. Khouldeis of the
republican county attorney , thu printer ,
the proofreader or at furthest the
printer's devil.
Tlio superintendent of schools still In
sists that tlu kindergartens are no ad
ditional cost to tlio.taxpayers. If so
the fuxpayors would much prefer to pay
for the kindergartens and have the
graded schools thrown In for nothing , it
.would come cheaper.
POPS the chief of jwllco have to hiv : >
tin order from the police board to stop
highway robbery ? Why , then , should he
want mi order from thi police board t
plop gambling , automatic or otherwise ?
If ho knows that the slot machines inv
bolutf run In violation of law , why doesu't
ho stop them }
as Tn M'ATH HANK NOTKH.
So far aa wo nrf nwnro there hna boon
lint .onp HUffgwtlon mnde to .the monetary - ,
tary commission In fnvor of allowing
slute banks to Issue notes and this came
from so conservative a lluanclal author
ity as Hon. T. Jefferson CoolldRo of Mas-
sachtifietts. Referring to the demand In
the west for currency , Mr. Coolldge says
the farmers seem to think that they
would be better off If they could have
bills from banks In their neighborhood
and whllo ho regards this demand ns
based on false political economy ho
thinks It would bo advisable to yield to
It. He therefore suggests that HID 10
per cent tax on state bank Issues be re
pealed and the banks allowed to Issue
currency , provided that It' ' was of an en
tirely different color and form from the
national bank notes. "This currency
would not pass. " he says , "except In the
Immediate neighborhood of the banks
and if those banks failed the trouble
would be entirely local and It would not
affect In the least the value ami standing
of the national bank notes. " In order to
leave the Held open o small state banks
he would not Ustits charters for national
banks of less than $100,000 capital.
It Is to l > o remarked In the. ilrst ijUico
In reference to this , that there Is no such
general demand In the west for more
currency as Is Implied. There are portions
tions of the west wharo such a demand
exists , but that section us a whole has
found the supply of currency ample for
moving Its products at the enhanced
prices they have recently brought and
this Is the test of the sufficiency of money ,
so far as the west Is concerned. In the
second place , while. It Is doubtle true
that there arc westonv farmers who aiv
In favor of allowing state banks to Is
sue notes , we do not believe that they
are generally so and we have no doubt
that could the suggestion of Mr. Coolldge
be submitted to them It would be over
whelmingly rejected. The sentiment
favorable to the repeal of the 10 per cent
Is chlelly In
tax on state bank Issues
the south and It Is to a large extent
political. The tax Is regarded In that
section as contravening the rights of
the state and as being unconstitutional ,
despite the fact that Its constitutionality
has been alllnued by the supreme court
of the United States.
But tlM'ro are more or less In-
Iluential advocates of state bank cur
rency elsewhere- than In the west and
south. One of the ablest llnauclal
papers 1m th country , the Now York
.louriial of Commerce , can see no good
reason why state banks should not be
permitted to Issue notes and regards this
as essential to an adequate supply of
currency hi the event of the retirement
of the government's paper obligations.
It deprecates the attitude of discrimina
tion against thu state banks , urging that
the national system * aml competition
with it have educated them to sounder
methods of banking "and they have
risen with the great elevation that has
occurred In every department of practical
nuance throughout the country. " That
paper declares that "It Is purely a blind
and unrmaHlled Injustice to judge the
state banks of today from their records
of 1SOO. " It points to the fact of the
great Increase In the deposits of those
Institutions since 1S7I ! as demonstrating
that they have made an Immense gain
In public confidence , which can only
have come from a corresponding im
provement In tlio safety and utility of
their methods. In view of this the Jour
nal of Commerce says : "Why then pei >
slst In feeding the bitter sectional hostil
ity against the national banks and the
states In which their interests preponder-
at.- , through depriving a competing class
of banks of the power to use their credit
and circulation resources In the sections
most In need of those facilities ? It is
politically unwise to the last degree , not
only Ivcauso It Intensifies sectional ha
treds , but because it keeps alive the sil
ver agitation Just at the point when its
quietus could be most effectually given. "
It must be admitted that therj is force
and plausibility in this argument , but
it does not conclusively show that it
would bo a wise policy t'o restore to state
banks the privilege of Issuing currency.
Of course the dangers Involved might
be minimised under strict governmental
supervision , but the tax restriction upon
the slate banks having been removed
it would probably bo only a question of
time when there would bo n return to the
conditions that prevailed before that tax
was Imposed.
A mtOWlNd DKl'AHTMKXT.
The present administration' ' of the Agri
cultural department Is commending It
self to the country and particularly to
the farmers for the very practical work
that Is being done. Them has In the
past been n quite general tendsncy to
ildlcule or rather belittle the department ,
but It must bo admitted that under Sec
retary Wilson It has accomplished much
In behalf of the Interest which It Is de
signed to promote. In his address to the
National Orange the secretary of agri
culture referred lo tlu work alid alms of
the department , but these nro more
fully set forth In his annual report.
From this It appears that during the
last fiscal year the department Issued
I'JI different publications , aggregating
over O.r > 00.0 < ) fl copies , and this fell short
of the demand , a fact which Illustrates
the greater Interest which tha agricul
tural pwducois of the country are taking
In the work of the dcp-u-tmont Kxperl-
mental work was conducted with more
than ordinary vigor and the efforts to
extend the sale of tigi ( cultural products
In foreign countries , by making the peo-
pi ? of these countrie-i familiar with the
superior quality of American butter and
other articles , has met with a fair degree
of success , in all other directions within
the functions of the department valuable
MTvloa has been done and the way
opened for Ihu attainment of still bat
ter results In the future.
It appears that President McKlnley
Is In full ni'cord with the purposes ami
alms of Secretary Wilson , dsMrlng , as
the secretary said In his grange address
"to make the department useful to every
locality In our broad land , sympathizing
as ho does with the tellers In thu field
and iho forest , factory and mine , and
with small homemakeiy , where woman
reigns as mother , daughter and wife. "
It Is no rolleetlon upon any of his
predecessors to say that none of them
ehowcd greater zeal or more practical
Judgment In the administration of the
Agricultural department than has Sec
retary Wilson. *
HAVK TIIKV lIKRtt SWALLOH KD1
One of the principal candidates before
the recent fusion suite conventions for
the nomination for supreme Judge on
the combination ticket Is quoted as sayIng -
Ing : "Tho populist and silver republican
parlies have been swallowed up by the
democratic party. There arc but two
parties In the state of Nebr.isUa today ,
this republican party and tno democratic
party. The Idea that there I a populist
party and a silver republican party is a
delusion. They have boon swallowed up
by the republican party. "
Hefcrrlng to the same question In Ms
broader scope of national polltlC3 , Tom
Patterson , editor of the Denver News
and one of the loading populisms of Colorado
rado , recently expressed himself In a
public Interview ns follows :
Candidly speaking , there Is no hope that
thp populists will win a national victory by
nominating a separate and distinct ticket.
That fact Is patent. At the same time the
Chicago platform ot the democratic party Is
In exact accordance with the views of the
populists on the money question , and for that
reason tlicro Is a general tendency amcag
populists , especially the latter-day populists
who came over to us since 1892 , to drift
toward the democratic party. This drift of
sentiment Is perfectly natural , and It is so
strong that It cannot bo stopped. Therefore ,
I am convinced that this drift toward the
democratic party will have become so strong
by 1000 that the national popullet convention
ot that year will bo controlled absolutely by
the middle-of-the-road populists , or nntl-
fustonlsts. Hut b'y that time the middle-
of-the-road clement will have become quite
weak numerically. As the democratic party
will certainly reafilrm the Chicago platform ,
It will , no doubt , rally to Ita support the vast
majority of the populists of the country.
It Is plain to all careful observers that
the fusion program has boon played by
the democrats with the sole object of re
habilitating their disintegrated party
organization by riding on populist
strength over places too dangerous for
It to walk alone. So long ns the popu
lists are willing to bear the burden the
democrats have no Incentive to dissolve
so profitable n partnership which by
combining with the handful of so-called
free silver republicans they can dhv-t
and control without regard to the wish
of the third partner , who is carrying
the concern. So far as the national
ticket Is Involved , It was proved con
clusively In the last campaign that the
democrats cannot bo brought to vote for
populist candidates , so that the only
hope of maintaining tlio consolidation
effected on the presidential nominee
rests on the complete swallowing of the
populists \y \ the democratic organiza
tion.
tion.To
To tills fact the honest populists who
went Into the populist party because of
the principles it was supposed to repre
sent are gradually having their eyes
opened. There may be some question
ns to whether the populists have yet been
swallowed by the democrats , but there
is no doubt that the swallowing process
has been begun.
SKI3S DAKUKll AJIKAll.
Senator Cnffory of Louisiana Is said to
take a gloomy vlo\y of the immediate fu
ture In connection with the Cuban ques
tion. Ho Is apprehensive that the spirit
of jingoism will force the country into
war. lie has no sympathy with that
spirit , but on the contrary Is earnestly
on the other side , yet ha thinks It Is so
strong that it will have Its way. "War
will come , " said the Louisiana senator ,
"if it comes at all.through the vacillating
policy of the administration. The presi
dent will try to please everybody , but
ho will find that the jingo pressure is
the strongest and ho will bo swept away
by It. If ho undertakes to throw the
lesponslblllty upon congress there Is no
question as to the result. "
Wo cannot se > > that there Is any good
reason for this pessimistic view. What
ground Is there for thinking that the
president will pursue a vacillating policy
and will try to please everybody ? That
Is not characteristic of him. The expec
tation Is that Mr. McKlnley will take a
pacific attitude on the Cuban question in
Ills message to congress , but that he will
have well-defined views of the duty of
this government which Spain and our
own peopl.3 can easily understand. Nor
Is there any reason to believe that he
will undertake to throw any responsibil
ity upon congress that docs not belong
there. We think It is safe to say that
Instead of yielding to the spirit of jingoIsm -
Ism the Inlluenco of the president will
bo exerted to restrain and repress that
spirit. Unless all signs are at fault the
administration desires to maintain pjaco
so long as Spain respects American
rights. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The reprcseiiialive of n colonization
scheme Is looking over western states
for n location for a colony ofI.tfoo
C'roiitinns from Austria. It Is repre
sented that these people have become
dissatisfied with political affair * at home
and desire to como to the United State *
and that the state In which they locate
will be Increased In population not le.ss
than fio.OOO within a year after they
have commenced settlement. Investi
gation Is being made of Colorado re
sources In their behalf. There Is room
in the tnuismlssisslppl region for many
colonies like the one proposed. The only
requirement demanded should bo Indus
try , honesty and thrift.
The otllclal organ of the state housa
machine prints n lengthy editorial de
fense of the $ H,000-a-yenr do-nothing
state railway commlsnloucrs under tha
caption "Diligent , but Not Kffcctho. "
Not effective Mire. Diligent In behalf
of the inilronds and' other corporations ,
too. Hut where have they fulfilled one
of the pledges mada by the self-styled
reformers in the platform declarations.1
AVhat have they accomplished beyond
drawing Iholr salaries and performing
campaign work at the expor.se of the
taxpayers ?
In San Krunclsco the district attorney
has given tin otllclal opinion to the effect
that the nlckel-ln-the-slot madilucs arc
lotteries within the meaning of the
penal code of the state of California.
The San Francisco Call declares that
this paws the way for a reform In that
city that promises to bo as sweeping
as u revolution. "There Is reason to bu-
Hove , " adds the Cell , "that the- slot ma
chine Is not only a lottery , but , like nil
other lotteries , Is a swindle and In fraud.
Tlio public do * < enot see the Inside of
the game. It Is nn Insidious temptn-
tlon to gambling , it lends the way to
worse and mo langerous forms of
risking inoiioy' the chance of getting
something for l ng. There are ninny
novelties of tlon which humanity
could well ind count the loss n
good riddance jj ut among all these
there Is none will surrender more
readily than the nlckol-ln-the-slot ma
chine. "
Wyoming newspapers declare that the
reports sent outjlnj regard to the value
of the ore found In the Grand Kncamp-
ment district have boon givatly over
estimated , but the fact remains thnt payIng -
Ing ore has been found In n district en
tirely new and that the surface Indica
tions are for other valuable strikes. The
year has boon n good one for the pros
pectors In the western ! states , as well ns
for those who wore first on the ground
In far away Alaska.
The telegraph poles Should como down
before the exposition visitors arrive.
Krcert from these unsightly obstructions ,
Omaha's wide thoroughfares will make
an Impression on strangers thnt will go
far to dispose them favorably to the
city. The network of poles and wires
on the other hand disfigure both build
ings and streets and detract from the
metropolitan .appearance of the city. '
P y passing .1 bill of impeachment
against Chief Isparhcchar of the Crock
nation the house of warriors furnishes
convincing proof of the substantial prog
ress made by the Indians of the civi
lized tribes. A first-class impeachment
trial without whitewashing features
would be an object lesson in government
of value to the whites ns well ns to
Creeks.
The battleship Iowa , having had Its
several trial trips and Inspections , and
having received its silver punch bowl
and accessories from thu slate of Io\\a
nt a cost of .fti.OOO , is ijow ready to re
ceive Its big gur.s and tlio men to handle
them. The completion of battleships
like the Iowa , Indiana , New York and
others ought to clinch the peace argu
ment.
Douglas county voted the exposition
bonds for the purpose of contributing in
tlio most effective way toward making
tlio exposition an unqualified success.
Tlio expenditure of the proceeds in a
manner that will most directly effect this
object will be approved by ninety-nine
out of every huiidnAl who voted yes on
the bond proposition , fa
The commltteQ'ron organization of the
Citizens' union /In New York City has
decided upon cohlliiiihtg the orgsiiilza-
tlon as a political force. It is1 true that
tlu Citizens' union fared badly In the
recent election , but notrworso than 'lam-
many fared a few years ago.
If Canada should undertake to settle
all sealing , fisheries amf trade questions
with the United States through one
treaty what would the Newfoundland
government do nl'iout It ? Newfoundland
is not n part of Canada , but is vitally
Interested in all fisheries questions.
A Knmlly
Detroit News.
Saturday Is doubtless chosen for the foot
ball games so that the whole family can lay
off the next day and rub the participant.
A ISrlKlit IilKlit U'unIllR.
N'aw York Journal.
Gladstone Is falling , and lovers of liberty
the world over 'will ' lament the dimming1 of
the beacon light that iburncd for all .hu .
manity.
\ VlllTltill' ICIl-lt CoillC'H III.
St. Louis Hopnbllc.
Talking about the brutality of foot ball ,
the plajers of Wiat game are not kicking
half as hard as the'people who are trying
to kill It.
All AlllIllprilflllK ( 'OlllIllllllL-lll.
New York Tribune.
That was rather an ambiguous compliment
which an admirer paid to Mr. William Jen
nings Bryan the other day In sending him a
cabbjgo stalk with sixteen heads on It. The
"sixteen to one" point Is plain enough. There
arc the sixteen pablnges , but how about the
one ? That iiuestion must have made Mr.
Uryan scratch his head.
TinI'riNliItiit ICnonH lli' < T.
SprlngQi-Iil ( MnF < . ) Hepubllcnn.
These congressmcni who are returning to
Washington with stories that the- republican
ICMCS In the recent electlca were caused by
President McKlnley'e adherence to civil serv
ice reform know better and they know that
the president must know better If he Is not
regarded by them as a fool. They know and
the president knows that what olllces ho has
already filled have disappointed twenty men
where one was Balifillcd ; and that If thu num
ber of offices filled hud 'been ' doubled or
quadrupled the number of dissatisfied votcre
would have been Increased proportionately.
It Is'a rule which every administration learns
to Its coat that In the distribution of the
spoils the disgruntle within the party arc
multiplied ! ci geometrical ratio , whllo the
satisfied Increase only tn an arithmetical
ratio.
An KID ( I out I'liyiniiHUT ( ii-m-rnl.
Washington Corrc-f | > oniUneo riillntU'lpliU I edgpr.
Paymaster General Stanton Is ono of the
very ablest and most elllclent officers who has
ever held the position of paymaster general.
He was selected by President Cleveland for
tlio position on account of his distinguished
services In the Hold , as well as his well
known efficiency In the pay corps. Since the
war most of his lifo ban been spent on the
frontier , and ho has * paid the troops In the
field In nearly every gi't-'at I ml Inn campaign
fclnco 1S S. Although , within two years of
the ago of retirement General Stanton la In
vigorous health , and is Jcuown aa ono of the
keenest intellects In thoUVar department and
ono of the most wldeiy.icad men In the mili
tary establishment. His extended and varied
oxpcrlcnco with thE1 army In camp and In
garrison Jias made htm familiar with the
needs of the service , and tspechlly qualifies
him for efficient and Intelligent t > ervlco at
the head of the pay corps.
honulliihlilrff I" UKCIliiNH. .
l.tmtsvlllo I'ourler-Journnl.
The editor of the Courier-Journal returns
his thanks along wlth-SIiLa most respectful
Homage , to thcde Cft'.hl'5 esteemed contem
poraries who havojjjgwp hini thy honor to
consider him In conn&ctlon with tlm result
of tha recent clectonK | Whether their com
ments were of compliment or of companion ,
ho Is alike beholden to them. He frankly
confesses that , being too badly hurt to laugh ,
jet too bravo to cry , ho was In some per-
ploxlty what was bret to do ; whether to take
to the woods or Jump Into the river a"1
holler lire , or to crawl Into some hole and
draw the hole In after him , or to go a-fUh-
iug. or what cot. Hut their -words , of oym-
pathy , penetrating the dark recesses of the
cloisters whither lie has betaken himself , end
whcro in the future ho will make ills abele ,
como like the song ot blrdts to souls la
purgatory. They confirm hlo philosophy ,
They cheer his exile , They indicate to him
that there may ba yet a drop or two In the
bottom of the glass , perhaps a grain of
sugar. Human nature is not so bad After
all !
i.NTKHKST IX TMR KXI'OSITIOX
Davenport Ilrpubllran ,
The fitnta ot Illinois hi through Its legis
lature umdo a generous appropriation JOT an
exhibit nt the Omaha exposition. The appro-
prlatlon nmountu to nearly $100,000. Plans
have been accepted for the Illinois building
to be erected at Onviha for the Trtn mls-
slsslppl Exposition which proclaim A finer
building than any of the state buildings nt
the World's fair , with the exception of thoao
of Illinois and California. Tlio stole of III ) .
nols Is most far-sighted In Its-volley. Great
benefit will bo derived both directly and In
directly from tlio Omaha exposition , aivl low > ,
which Is moro nearly Interested than Illinois
because the exposition will be almost on
Iowa soil , cortalnly cannot afford to bo fir
behind. The next legislature will determine
what the state of Iowa will do.
I a Crosse llcpubllcnn nnd l nilcr.
A picture and description of the proposed
Wisconsin building at Onviha for nsxi year's
exposition will bo tftmid In this Issue nf the
Republican nnd Leader. It Is a pretty struc
ture and well fitted for Its purpose. If It Is
to bo erected , something llko $20,000 must bo
raised by contributions from citizens. This
Is not a largo sum and could be had If conic-
body of Inlluenco In every community had In
terest enough to personally present the
project.
Omaha Is ono of the points of supply for a
vast nnd fertile agricultural region , wiicro
Wisconsin ns a manufacturing state filled
with minerals and Umbel , should have a good
market. Its exposition has substantial state
atU national aid and will bo the most Impor
tant ono to western Interests slnco 1803. It
may bo that moro actual business returns can
bo obtained from representation tlicro than
at Chicago. The Republican and Leader is
of opinion that Wisconsin could well afford
to make a showing at Omaha. <
Coliii'iiilii.
Denver Itcpubllrnn.
Colorado should be well represented at the
Omaha exposition. Hut In order that this
may be accomplished It will bo necessary for
the county commissioners of the different
counties to appropriate the money. The
state has no funds available for this puiposu.
There should not be the slightest hcslta-
tlon.abowt making ihese appropriations. The
several counties could send forward their
own exhibits. Ono county would not Incur
thu risk that Ita money would bo expended
on some other county. 12ach could dotennlne
for Itself what to exhibit. This would not
make a sta'tc ' exhibit. It would bo an exhibit
by the different counties. Hut It would
answer every purpose , and It would not ho
necessary to duplicate the exhibits to any
very great extent.
It would bo exceedingly unfortunate ) If 'the '
greatest of the transmlsslsslppl states should
not bo represented at the Omaha exposition ,
which is especially Intended for thu exhibi
tion of tranmlhslsslppl products. Such ah
exposition with Colorado left out would bo
exceedingly Incomplete. It would be far
from representative of the 'transmlsslsslppl
country.
It lies with the people of the several
counties to determine whether the state shall
bo represented or not , and in what way.
It Is hoped 'that ' a spirit of enterprise will
actuate the different communities moat
deeply concerned , and that the county com
missioners will make liberal appropriations
for an adequate representation of Colorado's
great resources.
\c-\v .lerML-y.
Jcrsoy City Journal.
The Now Jersey commissioners 'Who are
preparing .for the part which this state is to
'lake ' In the Transmlfslsslppl and Interna
tional Exposition , which is to 'bo ' held In
Omaha , Nob. , from June until November ,
1S9S , are making encouraging 'progress ' , and
the showing of New Jersey promises already
to be most Interesting and valuable.
All the support which It Is possible to give
to this patriotic enterprise Is duo It. and the
efforts of the commissioners should meet
with earnest response In many scctlots of
this state. The gentlemen who are giving
their time and services gratuitously to the
people In this matter are illobert Mitchell
Floyd , 'president , of Jersey City ; K. C. Haz
ard , secretary , of Shrewsbury ; Hon. Ellsha
D , Gaddls. treasurer , of Newark ; Hon. Jona
than II. Blackwe-11 of Trenton , Walter S.
Henox cf Trenton and John Edwards Uanbour
of Pntorson.
Governor Grlggs ihas done well In selectIng -
Ing such a board to reprc-sent Now Jersey.
These men. are the moving spirits In many
of the greatest enterprises 'which ' are itho
source of the state's wealth , and which af
ford employment to thousands of 'men and
women anJ which distribute hundreds of
thousands ot dollars annually to the wage
earners. What they arc striving to accom
plish In this Instance cannot bo defined as
less than the Introduction of this state's re
sources and marketable materials to the en
tire purchasing population of the west , and
therefore the success of their plans will bo
beneficial to every farmer and manufacturer
In every one of the counties from Hudson , to
Capo 'May. '
This state should make a creditable showIng -
Ing In Omaha , because there will bo hun
dreds of thousands of visitors at the exhi
bition and trade will ibo ( benefited 1 > y an at
tractive display. 'A ' state building would
probably cost $23.000. and that sum could
easily too appropriated by the state without
Impeding any work now under way.
I'KIISO.VAIj AXI > OTIIISKWISIS.
Eating wax candles has killed a Worcester
( England ) young woman. She ate them In
order to Improve her complexion.
Agents of the Italian government are re
ported to bo buying largo quantities of to
bacco in Kentucky and Tennessee.
An Indiana man Jailed on a charge cf horse
stealing declares ho was driven to crlmci because -
cause the cheap labor of women deprived him
of a profitable Job as a nurse.
Thanksgiving day will , doubtless , be ob
served with unusual fervor In New Orleans
this year , for there la reason to expect that
the yellow fever will have disappeared by
that time.
Frank Mark of St. I ouls Is the only pen
sioner In Missouri who Is awarded $100 a
month , yet ho was to the army only sixteen
.dajs and did not fight a battle. Ho lost both
arms In cannon practice.
After a round of Washington dinners , It Is
probable that Premier kiurler will go back
to Canada with now views aa to the desira
bility of annexation especially If the GridIron -
Iron club should take him In hand.
"I have been around this department a
good many years , " eald an old State depart
ment employe , "and I never saw a secretary
of fltato who did his work so easily or who
quit so promptly as does Mr. Sherman. "
The Austrian emperor Is getting pretty
old , omd It Is understood that he Is not at
all satisfied with his heir apparent. The
Gorman emperor Is young and ambitious ,
and ho ran hardly bo censured for thinking
what a fine territory the combination of the
two empires would make.
An attempt will bo made to reduce the adi
pose of the Now York policemen. It Is found
that after getting on the force many of them
grow too fat. This surplus Interferes with
sprinting and other athletic exercises , and
so It Is proposed to pull off the unnecessary
pounds by Judicious training.
Governor Lon V. Stephens of Missouri took
strong ground In favor of good roads In his
Ittnt message to the state legislature and
promises to renew his recommendations In
his next ono. The promise Is made In a let
ter to the good roads organization Which
U shortly to hold a convention In St. Louis ,
Thomas L. Henry of Pine Station , Pa. ,
was supposed to have died tno other day.
The relatives nnd friends gathered and pre
pared to give him a grand funeral when the
Intorrctlng event was Indefinitely postponed
by the old man sitting up , winking at the
prettiest girl In the room nnd asking what
time It was.
Caslmlr Porlcr , late president of the .French
republic , arrived nt a village inn near Sens
recently with his son , both on bicycles. They
wanted meat for their lunch , but the land
lady had none. She suggested , however , that
if they would go to the butcher's In town
for it themselves she could cook It , so the
ex-president mounted his wheel and fetched
hts own steak.
The Waterbury , Conn. , Owns club has
been presented with a copy of ' "Scots Who
Hao , " In Robert Hums' ( the author's ) own
handwriting , by Uobert G. Spleis. This
valuable manuscript has been an heirloom In
the Spiers family for over 100 years , It
was presented to tils forefathers by the
authtr , on his farm In Dumfriesshire , Scot
land , whore ho wrote "Tarn o' Shautcr" and
many other poems.
.MCllllVSICAVS OU1UT lt.VHVK.Vr.
TIio lU'i-'M Crop Ili-tiiirt * llnvo llcc-nmr
Ilic .Sliitiilnril I'lmin-M.
The Corn Hell.
Latest ettlmntm tend to c-Mabllfh the ub-
stantlal accuracy of the Coiti Dolt's con
servative crop reports made early In the
season. In the September number the yield
of wheat for the state \\M estimated at
31.0SS.EGO bushels , and In Iho October cum
ber the yield of i-orn , txned on early reports ,
was oMImitecl to be 2tT,71SSB5 bllthds. It
would nipear from a later revision , made by
The Omaha llee , that the wheat crop is a
little In excess and the corn crop a llttlo be.
low the figures quoted. The Hep reports
summarized make the following showing ;
NKUHASKA'S CHOP FOU fST.
\\hent. ImsOiels . .U < MU 7
Corn , tttiMheN . :2 , M7So3
Outs , litNhcH . . . Git : < WMI
Ilye , bushels . . . . r.r,02E.u ?
I'ot.itoos , bushels . S , < M,1IO !
llnrley , Im-licU . Vs9j7l
Flaxsu-oil , bushels . I.W.r-16
Hay , tons . 4.C30.M3
Sugar beets , tona . 10I.UM )
Chicory , tons . 5,500 ,
VAI.UF AT LOCAI. , MAU1CHT Plllt'KS.
Fitrm products . $ Sfl.mo.MS : i
U.ilry product . n.irsO'MW
Rgga . S.lMWXi m )
Poultry . . ciVOwow
"Live stock . . 11,005.45.935
. ,
Intimated. "Sixty countli's only.
Wherever thu actual fscts were obtainable
they were given. In the Caec of only a few
counties was It neccc'sary to make cstlnmtw
nml these were- carefully nrd conservatively
computed. This Is probably as accurate a
summtry of the crop production "bt Nebmska
for 1SD7 na can. bo given until the ofllcl.il re
ports of the State Hoard of Agriculture arc
published. Even these will bo but little , if
any , more accurate , for the reason ( hut the
ayatcm for collecting facts Is Imperfect , In
that It does not provide a penalty for neg
lect on the part of assessors to furnish a
portion of the Information desired.
ii.sruiniTii : ; >
Kri'u TrmliI'riMllitlniiN ItcfiUt-il ! > > '
( InItiMiills < if I'riilcclloii.
\Vasblnilon Star ( Ind. top. )
At the tlmu 'the ningley bill was passing
through congress , the opponents ot thai
measure and of the protective sjslcm In
general were vocal with solemn warning as
to what the effcat on other countries would
be. A tariff warfare of wide extent would bu
opened on the United States. Our products
would soon 'be ' shut out of nil the foreign
markets. Jl was vigorously averted that
we wcro walling ourselves In , and would
Bhontly bo reduced to the necessity of tradIng -
Ing only among ourselves. That was what
high protectljii meant , and the rc-enact-
miMH of the policy would inevitably bring
about that result.
Have these prophecies been fulfilled ?
The Dlngloy law Is only about four months
old. It has not had itlmo 'to ' Justify Itself
as a revenue producer , owing to the heavy
anticipatory Imports during the time that
congrcM was giving It final shape , but Its
piovlsions have been clear from the day It
was signed by the president , and foreign
countries are fully advised ns to Its bear
ing and significance. Is there a single sign
of a tariff war against the United Stated
on the horizon ? Is there not , on the con
trary , a sign of commercial good-wllj In
every direction ? Foreign governments are
putting the same high valnu on our markeuj
that wo ourselves in the Dlngloy law
have lint upon them. Instead of making
war on us , they arc making overtures to
trade with us on terms of mutual benefit.
The reciprocity clause ot the now law
promises to 'be ' one of Its most useful
features. Great Britain Invokes It in the In
terests of her possessions In the West
Indies. Sir Wilfrid Lauricr Is now In Waoh-
IngUn willing to < llscuss terms for iu-
crcMbod trade between Canada and the
United States. Franco desires to negotiate
a reciprocity treaty , and Peru does akx ) .
It Is not too much to say , Indeed , 'that the
United States hss only to show a wllllnj-
ness on the subject to extend her trade by
moans of reciprocity on advantageous terma
hi nearly any direction.
This , It ought to bo plain enough , Is thu
real American economic policy. Protection ,
as explained by the greatincn who have
advocated It , has never meant prohibition- ,
has never been Intended to < lo more than
help develop American Industry and protect
American labor. Trading with other
countries has always been desired , and is
desired now. Absolute free trade Is out of
the question. Hut freer trade , under the
restrictions of wise and buslness-llko reci
procity , meets every end to which liberal
statesmanship need address Itself.
CIUMII
Aliirinliiur I'ONNllilllllcN of Uio
iiin h I'rcccdi-iil.
Baltimore Sun.
A piece of news that comes all the way
from Nebraska Is well calculated to furnish
argumentative ammunition to those un-
progresslve persons to whom the political
equality of woman la a proposition fraught
with \arlous kinds of mischief.
It appears that there were two candidates
for the office of superintendent of public lo-
structlon In the county of Hurt , Nebraska.
One was a man and a republican. Prof. C. S.
Laughlln. The other was a woman and a
populist. Miss Alice Thomason. The repub
lican and male candidate was principal of the
Tekamah High school. The populist and
female candidate wau assistant principal of
the same school.
( The contest between the two candidates
was carried on In apparent good faith and
with the normal display of mutucl hostility.
The pojullst woman took the stump against
the republican gentleman and scored him In
the fricst Hlxtee-n-to-one oratory of which the
female tongue of Nebraska Is capable. The
republican gentleman mounted the stump
with equal earnestnristf and appeared to bo
maintaining himself at a platform parity with
his populist rival for the superlntendoncy of
public instruction. Enthusiasm in both the
opposing parties was aroused to a great pitch.
It looked like a fierce , but fair fight on prin
ciple , to see whether a masculine champion
ot the gold bugs or a feminine defender of
the Hrjaneso faith should prc&ldo over the
educational activities of Hurt county.
Hut at the last moment , too late fnr the
poor populists to nominate another candidate ,
Miss Thomason withdrew her name , allowing
her republican opponent to have a wtlkover.
And the very next day the cards went out
announcing that the hard-money professor
and his free silver adversary were to bo mar
ried. The marriage was duly performed last
Thuisday night , and the ofllce of superintend
ent of public Instruction In Hurt county has
been thus taken , as It were , out of the rut
of party politics and made the basis of a
beautiful domestic Idyll.
Nevertheless this episode shows that the
political equality of the sexes will bring In
a now order of political deals anil Introduce
us to new and subtler forms of bribery. In
the campaign of the future , when fair women
nra everywhere running for offices against
brave men , the closing twenty-four hours of
the contest will bo full of atrango and dis
quieting rumors. The republican camp will
hoar with dismay that the charming Miss
A , has withdrawn from the contest for mayor
on the understanding that her democratic
rival , Mr. H. , will make her happy about the
same time that lie Is Installed In thu office.
The "marriage Intentions" column will
have to bo closely scanned all through the
campaign wherever women are on a ticket
against gentlemen to guard agaliut a sell
out on cither sldo for a conjugal considera
tion. The Imagination utaggeru at thu possi
bility of a domocratlo governor-elect , chosen
after a hot canvas ; ) , announcing shortly after
Inauguration ho will marry the republican
woman who , If she had not magnanimously
given tlio hint to her friends to vote for him ,
might have been governess-elect herself.
That such things may some day como to
pass , however , Is evident from the Nebraska
example of Prof , haughlln and Ml.su Thoma-
8011 ,
I Till ) A u Mini HI 11 I'lm-li.
Jluffalo ixprc i.
The prcsldent.1 of the anthracite coal rail
roads are tulUng steps to curtail production ,
with the puii'ose of maintaining circular
prices , which have foe-en cut In Instances. The
roads are under constant temptation to mlno a
greater quantity than Is needed and plans for
curtailment nro usually disregarded. Klnco
the victory ) of the coalera through the over
throw of the action brought by the attorney
general of Now York they have less hesita
tion in making the announcement that united
actioh In the direction | of controlling priced
lias ficen taken.
C.V.VUIA .VXD uieaiiMinriTV.
Inter Ocean : Sir Wilfrid Uiurief
wants reciprocity between Canada iiid Iho
United States. Huf tho'reciprocity tl.al ha
advocates ( AlU to rcclprot.ito. u U all
"heads I win , tails you lose. "
Huffalo IXprpKfti One of the many did- !
eultles In the way of tnnklni ; A rerlprjt y
treaty with Canada Is found In the \ . . \ > -
vision of section 4 of the Ulngley liw , by
which It lulls t not only bo ratlflpl by tha
senate , but "approved by congress , " whbb
means that the house must gl\V Its.eaifpni.
It may orovo a hard matter to parn n mcls-
utc which Is satisfactory to the Uonilu.uu
government ,
Indlannpolls Journal : It does not sivor
etrongly ot wise diplomacy to lay down oji
ultimatum at the beginning of a ccnfercnco ,
ai a nlno qua non to further negotiations , ni
the Unltesi States Is said to have done with
the visiting statesmen from Canada. It U
true the conduct of the Canadians on tha
so.illrg question lies been stubborn to an ex
asperating degree , but to demand a compli'ls
change of policy cci their part ns a com ! Mon
precedent to negotiating In regard to other
matters sepnis like a very blunt proceeding.
An ultimatum would ccem to como mt.r > >
P.tly n oar the close of n negotiation , nftpr
both parties had rhown their hands , than
bofoio the beglrcilng.
Chicago Tribune : The WashliiRton dis
patches Indicate thnt the result of the so-
called sealing conference between representa
tives of the Canadian and Hrltlsh govern
ments with out' own has foeui already iitetty
accurately forecast In tlio Tribune's cdltor'al
column's' . The Canadians have taken virtual
control of negotiations so fnr aa Knglaml and
Canada nro concerned , und seem more anxious
to make an adv > otageous commercial trtity
than to Bottlu the sealing question , uhlch
the conference was called to consider So
many outside questions have thus been
brought Into the discussion that nothing Is
likely to bo determined an. Evidently
Crnada has no Idea of the kind of reciprocity
that reciprocates.
Chicago Hccord : That the relatlors be
tween the United Stated and Canada should
bo friendly Is the wish of all the people with
the exception only of Iho few whose private
Interests are served1 by the pollc > of ex
clusion and cxttemo Isolation. It Is un
natural and unwise to erect spee'.al and
offcinilve barriers against friendly Intercourse
with our Immediate ciolghbor. The people )
of Canada want more freedom of intercourse
with us , and to that end placed In pourr
a ministry especially committed to a liberal
policy. The Canadian premier Is at the i resent -
ont tlmo In Washington seeking to iviabl sti
moro satisfactory lelatlonalth our govern
ment. Apparently his mission Is to be a
failure , the responsibility for \\hlrh must
rest upon the administration at Washington.
Chlccg'o Times-Herald : These ore the
reasons that have I in cited thy represent
atives of our government to offer Mr. Murlcr
what practically amounts to an ultimatum.
This government will not consider any other
question until an agreement has been reached
on Herlng t > ea , and will Insist upon the
ib.oluto ktoppagc of pelagic sealing for at
'cu.'t : ono year. If Canada will agree to this
the United Plates will then be ? ready to con
sider the other questions In dispute. The
American ultimatum will not be accepttblo
to Mr. Laurler. He will not yield on the
scaling question until he knons what he can
got for It. Hut It Is the only coursehlrh
this government can pursue with dignity
< md with honor. If Mr. Laur er canno ac oS < i
to It his mlcs'.oii ' will bo a failure.
IIItUillT AM ) CUIS1 > .
Detroit Journal : Pessimist Son ( Just from
college- ) And the world ( 'iows no better.
Fanner Father W.il , I HWIIII ! An' artor
.ill th' fcrt'llzcr that's beln' throwcd Int' It ,
tow !
Hnrpor'a Haznr : "Phidias , " asked Sir
Christopher Wren , "do you consider nn il-
tecturo fiozon music ? "
"Yen of coursu 1 do , " rep'.led I'hlillai.
"What was the tune of your Parthenon
frieze ? " qutrlcd Artemus Waul.
Washington Stnr : "Parents takes a heap
o' pleasure ? , " ! < alil Uncle Kben , "In payln'
'tcntlon nn' glbbln' dab cbllliin u heap o'
credit foh smahtness. 15ut It doan * iillufl
happen dat do chlllun grows up an' returns
do compliment. "
Puck ; Jasper There's a funny thing
about law making- tills country.
.lumpuppt1 What's that ?
Jasper Congress Ilrst makes the laws , an I
then has to get thu supreme court to tell
what they mean.
Chicago News : Haggs S.iy , do you bc-
llcvu the story of the goose laying the golden
Jaggs Well It would bo Just like a geese
to do such a foolish thing.
Philadelphia North American : A German
acquaintance of ours thus discoursed learn
edly upon the business hltnatlon yesterday :
"If bushiest Is no better next week dun It
was yesterday two \\ceks ago , den I'm a
hon of a gun , dat's vat I hopes. "
Detroit Free Press : "There are things In
this world more valuable than money , my
son. "
"I know It. That's the- reason I want
money to buy them with. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Say , " said the cus
tomer with tbi line i eel nose , tlio white
moustache" nnd goalee , "this must 'je pte-lty
old wlilbky. "
"My grandfather , " said the saloon keeper ,
"bought that whisky the same year the
Kentucky colonel Joke was Invented. "
Detroit Journal : "Doesn't It make you
nervous to live out In the suburbs , so far
away from anybody e-lse ? "
"Oh , no. We'vo had our bouse thoroughly
fitted with assessor alarms , don't you
know. "
Washington Star : "I he.ir that your
friend luis had nome trouble playing foot
ball. "
"No , " was the reply : "so long as br stuck
to foot lull everything was all right. It
was not until a fVw players trleel to br.mcn.
out Into a. riot that the trotiblu began. "
HIS WONDUlty WHV.
Cleveland I'lnbi Dealer.
I love to read of inureler trials
I never mHs a word ;
I'd walk , I'm sure , for twenty miles ,
To hear what e-an bo heard.
And yet It's straiwe I think It o'er ,
And often wonder why-
Thai I should rewel depji In gore ,
Yet cannot kill a fly !
, J AMICS WIHTCO.MM ICII.nV.
Dear Poet ! Least pretentious of them all ,
Holding the hearts of phllelrun In thy thrall ,
Yet with such jilnelil Iemlemess I'llwhile
AH makes tlio jigi-il both te > weep and umlle ,
What mystic muse hast thou been wooing !
Nay.
What losy cherub led thy feet astrny ?
And jjavo thlno ear thei secrets of our pain.
With talisman to wake and lull again ?
For , underst.indliiir ovcry human mood ,
Thou stealfst on the ehinns of solluidei.
Ilieathlni ; thy thoughts wnon no one else
would ( biro.
Our solemn hour of loneliness 'o share.
Thou Unowost of that unlbi belying tears ,
And crude , fantastic forms of childhood
fours.
A Poet , through who'd shadow slants the
HUH.
And Ibis poor earth had need of such a one.
Oh , nnmo plu'iionicnal on lime's dull list ,
Toy synonym Is Poet Optimist !
Nu rnqihur Itut hunt lliiK ri-il o'er fo > o line
That brought her Inner leaning loveto thlno.
No f-ither who hath known a "Tiny Tim , "
Hut feels his heart pulse- gratefully In til in.
A Mglit of theiA hero \\ornhl | ? Yes
Hut re-ntlinunt Is naered , iiorn' the less
It we > ro a rarer thing lo bsmt and lilem
And with a soothing lAorel a wound n-eJi' '
Tian Kali ! with BAeup of wild proim-ilu un
llru
The solitary heights the gods Inspire.
It were ) a rarer llilng , and It Is tlilm
To tliL-u the ) gift nf genius doth consign
To touch the cords lovu-hldden , low an.l
fond
Till all our sweetest me-morle-H roruonl
CATHKUINi : 111 - - > II
Omaha , Neb.
That wo can't have our llttlo lublis of
tobacco , coffee , tea , whiskey , e-tc , , ami fol
low them aa wo pleuso.o can do p.uty
will with them If wo happen to have "ii
Iron constitution , but If wu find coffee , fur
Instance , "don't agroo" we can really have
u lot better lime In letting It out and uMn : ;
Postum Ccrval Food -C'ofTeo that will help
build up Instead ot tear down , utter ull
"Tho greatest fun i" u11 thu world Is tUa
fun of bclni ; perfectly well. "
